3,4-Dihydroxystyrene

3,4-Dihydroxystyrene
Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-vinylbenzene-1,2-diol
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status Uncontrolled
Identifiers
CAS number 6053-02-7
ATC code None
PubChem CID 151398
ChemSpider 133430 Y
KEGG C06224 Y
Chemical data
Formula C8H8O2
Mol. mass 136.15 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem
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3,4-Dihydroxystyrene (DHS) is a centrally-acting inhibitor of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PH).[1] It is likely that DHS and other PH inhibitors will never have clinical applications on account of their capacity for inducing hyperphenylalaninemia and phenylketonuria.

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